Then you read where Coker explains, more or less, what it’s about. Mr. Cent had some questions about the fight promotion business. Mr. Coker offered some answers. They drank their waters and went their separate ways.

Ah, you think. So no big deal then.

But a couple days later, wouldn’t you know it, rumors start flying. Not only is Curtis Jackson III going to sign with Bellator, he’s going to fight former UFC champion Quinton Jackson in his MMA debut. You know it must be true because the news is on a website that’s mostly old street-fighting videos.

The problem is, the current state of our general reality in MMA makes it harder than it ought to be to feel totally sure that this isn’t true. The sheer implausibility of it isn’t enough. Not in the era when CM Punk fights in the UFC. Not when Dada 5000 was a Bellator co-headliner.

It’s weird, is what it is. Especially because, once you start comparing 50 Cent to CM Punk, you realize the whole thing is less insane than we might like it to be.

Punk is 39? Well Jackson is only three years older. Punk jumped into the UFC with nothing more than some recreational jiu-jitsu experience, along with his pro wrestling background? Well Jackson boxed as a kid and got actually, literally shot.

OK, so maybe it’s still a stretch, but that’s what we’ve been doing in this sport, is stretching a little more every few years. Remember when Brock Lesnar showing up in the UFC seemed like a big surprise? Then it was Herschel Walker debuting in Strikeforce in his late 40s.

Now we’ve moved on from actual high-level athletes to famous people who have occasionally played sports. Whatever brings the views.

And admit it, as much as you feel like there’s no way that even Bellator would consider putting 50 Cent in the cage (or, maybe more realistically, like 50 Cent simply wouldn’t agree to do it), these days you can’t completely rule it out, either. What a time to be alive.

For more on Bellator’s upcoming schedule, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.

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